Wikileaks to Conroy: Go after our source and we will go after you

From WikiLeaks

The Stockholm based publisher of Wikileaks today issued a warning to
the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy, Senator Steven Conroy, who is responsible for Australian
internet censorship.

Senator Conroy issued an official media release yesterday in response
to Wikileaks' release of last year's confidential Australian internet
censorship blacklist. The Senator said that his department, "is investigating
this matter and is considering a range of possible actions it may
take including referral to the Australian Federal Police. Any
Australian involved in making this content publicly available would
be at serious risk of criminal prosecution."

The Senator is perhaps unware of the legal and diplomatic risks
associated with the statement.

Sunshine Press Legal Adviser Jay Lim stated:

"Under the Swedish Constitution's Press Freedom Act, the right of a
confidential press source to anonymity is protected, and criminal
penalties apply to anyone acting to breach that right.

Wikileaks source documents are received in Sweden and published from Sweden
so as to derive maximum benefit from this legal protection. Should
the Senator or anyone else attempt to discover our source we will
refer the matter to the Constitutional Police for prosecution, and,
if necessary, ask that the Senator and anyone else involved be
extradited to face justice for breaching fundamental rights."

Senator Conroy may wish to consider the position of the South African
Competition Commission, which decided to cancel its own high profile
leak investigation in January after being advised of the legal
ramifications of interfering with Sunshine Press sources.